Italian

Noun

spuma f ‎(plural spume)

1. foam

Related terms

• spumante
• spumeggiare

See also

• schiuma

Verb

spuma

1. third-person singular present indicative of spumare
2. second-person singular imperative of spumare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHi-m- ‎(“foam”). Related to pūmex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspuː.ma/

Noun

spūma f ‎(genitive spūmae); first declension

1. foam, froth, slime

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• spuma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spuma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spuma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• spuma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin spūmāre, present active infinitive of spūmō or from spumă. Compare Aromanian spumedz, spumari, Italian spumare, spumeggiare, Spanish espumar, espumear.

Verb

a spuma ‎(third-person singular present spumează, past participle spumat) 1st conj.

1. to foam, froth

Conjugation

Synonyms

• spumega

Derived terms

• spumare